1966 Baltimore Orioles
World Series Champions
American League Champions
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkMemorial Stadium
CityBaltimore, Maryland
Record97–63 (.606)
League place1st
OwnersJerold Hoffberger
General managersHarry Dalton
ManagersHank Bauer
TelevisionWJZ-TV
RadioWBAL (AM)
(Chuck Thompson, Frank Messer, Bill O'Donnell)
Seasons

The 1966 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing first in the American League with a record of 97 wins and 63 losses, nine games ahead of the runner-up Minnesota Twins. It was their first AL pennant since 1944, when the club was known as the St. Louis Browns. The Orioles swept the NL champion Los Angeles Dodgers in four games to register their first-ever World Series title. The team was managed by Hank Bauer, and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They drew 1,203,366 fans to their home ballpark, third in the ten-team league. It would be the highest home attendance of the team's first quarter-century at Memorial Stadium, and was eclipsed by the pennant-winning 1979 Orioles.[1] This was the first season to feature names on the back of the uniforms and the first with the cartoon bird on the cap.

Offseason

Regular season

Right fielder Frank Robinson, acquired via trade from the Cincinnati Reds in the off-season, won the Triple Crown, leading the AL with a .316 average, 49 home runs, and 122 RBI. He was named winner of the American League MVP Award, becoming the first player in the history of Major League Baseball to win MVP honors in both the American and National Leagues.[8]

On May 8, 1966, Frank Robinson hit a 540-foot home run off Cleveland Indians pitcher Luis Tiant, becoming the only player to hit a fair ball out of Memorial Stadium.[9] It cleared the left field single-deck portion of the grandstand.[10] A flag was later erected near the spot the ball cleared the back wall, with simply the word "HERE" upon it.

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 9763 0.606 — 48–31 49–32
Minnesota Twins 8973 0.549 9 49–32 40–41
Detroit Tigers 8874 0.543 10 42–39 46–35
Chicago White Sox 8379 0.512 15 45–36 38–43
Cleveland Indians 8181 0.500 17 41–40 40–41
California Angels 8082 0.494 18 42–39 38–43
Kansas City Athletics 7486 0.463 23 42–39 32–47
Washington Senators 7188 0.447 25½ 42–36 29–52
Boston Red Sox 7290 0.444 26 40–41 32–49
New York Yankees 7089 0.440 26½ 35–46 35–43

Record vs. opponents

1966 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KCA MIN NYY WSH
Baltimore —12–612–69–98–109–911–510–815–311–7
Boston 6–12—9–911–77–118–109–96–128–108–10
California 6–129–9—8–1010–89–99–911–711–77–11
Chicago 9–97–1110–8—11–78–1013–54–149–9–112–6
Cleveland 10–811–78–107–11—9–96–129–912–69–9
Detroit 9–910–89–910–89–9—6–1211–711–713–5
Kansas City 5–119–99–95–1312–612–6—8–105–139–9
Minnesota 8–1012–67–1114–49–97–1110–8—8–1014–4
New York 3–1510–87–119–9–16–127–1113–510–8—5–10
Washington 7–1110–811–76–129–95–139–94–1410–5—

Opening Day starters

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Notable transactions

Roster

1966 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CAndy Etchebarren12141291.2211150
1BBoog Powell140491141.28734109
2BDavey Johnson131501129.257756
3BBrooks Robinson157620167.26923100
SSLuis Aparicio151659182.276641
LFCurt Blefary131419107.2552364
CFPaul Blair13330384.277633
RFFrank Robinson155576182.31649122

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Russ Snyder117373114.306341
Sam Bowens8924351.210620
Bob Johnson7115734.217110
Vic Roznovsky419723.237110
Woodie Held568217.20717
Larry Haney20569.16113
Jerry Adair175215.28803
Mark Belanger8193.15800
Charley Lau18126.50005
Mike Epstein6112.18203
Cam Carreon492.22202

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dave McNally34213.01363.17158
Jim Palmer30208.115103.46147
Wally Bunker29142.21064.2989
Steve Barber25133.11052.3091
Bill Short637.2232.8727
Tom Phoebus322.0211.2317

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Eddie Watt43145.2973.83102
John Miller23100.2484.7481
Frank Bertaina1663.1253.1346

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Stu Miller5194182.2567
Eddie Fisher4453132.6439
Moe Drabowsky446072.8198
Dick Hall326273.9544
Gene Brabender314323.5562
Ed Barnowski20003.002

1966 World Series

AL Baltimore Orioles (4) vs. NL Los Angeles Dodgers (0)
Game Score Date Location Attendance Time of Game
1Orioles – 5, Dodgers – 2October 5Dodger Stadium55,9412:56
2Orioles – 6, Dodgers – 0October 6Dodger Stadium55,9472:26
3Dodgers – 0, Orioles – 1October 8Memorial Stadium54,4451:55
4Dodgers – 0, Orioles – 1October 9Memorial Stadium54,4581:45

Awards and honors

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Earl Weaver
AA Elmira Pioneers Eastern League Darrell Johnson
A Stockton Ports California League Harry Malmberg
A Miami Marlins Florida State League Billy DeMars
A-Short Season Aberdeen Pheasants Northern League Cal Ripken Sr.
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Joe Altobelli

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Elmira

Notes

  1. ↑ Baseball Reference: Baltimore Orioles attendance history
  2. ↑ Woodie Held at Baseball Reference
  3. 1 2 Ron Stone at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Norm Siebern at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Darold Knowles at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Frank Robinson at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Lou Piniella at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.153, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  9. ↑ 100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Dan Connolly, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2015, ISBN 978-1-62937-041-5, p.117
  10. ↑ "Retrosheet Boxscore: Baltimore Orioles 8, Cleveland Indians 3 (2)". www.retrosheet.org.
  11. ↑ 1966 Baltimore Oriole roster at Baseball Almanac
  12. ↑ Roger Freed at Baseball-Reference
  13. ↑ Eddie Fisher at Baseball-Reference
  14. ↑ American League MVP Award voting results at Baseball Reference
  15. ↑ Triple Crown winners at Baseball Reference
  16. ↑ 1966 Batting leaders at Baseball Reference
  17. ↑ Babe Ruth Award winners at Baseball Reference
  18. 1 2 1966 Post-Season Awards at Baseball Reference
  19. 1 2 American League Gold Glove Award winners at Baseball Reference

References

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